Top 10 wine gods and goddesses

7. Sucellus

A return to Europe now for this Celtic god. Sucellus was especially revered in Gaul and Lusitania (modern day Portugal) and was a god of the forest, agriculture and beer.

He is usually shown carrying a beer barrel attached to a pole or a libation cup. He was also regarded as something of a smith hence the hammer, and the etymology of his name is thought to derive from the Celtic for “good striker”, the suffix su being commonly used for something well done and cellos “to strike”.

He occasionally appears with his wife, Nantosuelta, in carved reliefs, where they appear as the epitome of marital bliss.